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L. T. BULLY.

WINDOW REGULATOR.

APPLTCATION FILED SEPT. T6. |919V 1,365,370. Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

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WINDOW REGULATOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. I6. I9I9.

1,365,370. Patented Jan. 11,1921.

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LOUIS T. BULLEY, 0F NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. ASSTGNOR T0 C. COWLES 8c COM- PANY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTTCUT, A. CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

WINDOW-REGULATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

Application filed September 16, 1919. Serial No. 324,052.

To c/,ZZ w wm t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LoUis T. BULLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, county of N ew Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented an improvement in Window Regulators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to window operating mechanism, and more especially, although not exclusively, to mechanism for operating the windows o automobiles, yachts, railway cars, and other vehicles.

In Letters Patent No. 1,245,189, granted to me November 6, 1917, is shown and described mechanism for operating and controlling a window of an automobile adapted to permit said window to be raised or lowered with a minimum etiort and to cause said window to be securely retained in either its upper or lower extreme position or in any intermediate position, said mechanism also having provision whereby, as the window approaches its fully raised position, said window will be moved laterally and then given a slight reverse movement to cause a catch or hooked flange at its lower edge to pass over and engage a ledge or strip on the sill member of the window frame in order to provide a shed which will prevent the entrance of rain into the vehicle, said mechanism operating also to disengage said catch and ledge atr thev beginning of the operation of lowering the window.

The present invention has for its object to provide a simplified mechanism, of the general character above referred to, adapted to insure a weather-tight joint between the window and the sill without the use of interengaging langes on said window and sill and without the necessity for a short reverse movement of the window at the endof the raising or closing operation and at the beginning of the lowering or openingl operation. l

A further object of the invention is to provide simple and readilyaccessible means for disconnectingthe window from the op erating mechanism whenever required, so that a broken window may be replaced by simply removing a sill member and without appreciable loss of time or the slightest injury to unholstery or woodwork.

rlhe foregoing and other objects of the invention, together with means whereby the same may be carried into eilect, will best be understood from the following description of one form or embodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is an inside elevation of an automobile door or window having the invention applied thereto, the window being in lowered position;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the window raised;

Figs. 8 and el are sections on the lines 3 3 and Lle respectively, Fig. 1.

Fig. is a section on the line 5 5, Fig. 2.

Fi 6 is an enlarged side elevation of the operating mechanism 72er se and certain parts connected therewith, illustrating the position of the parts when the window is partly raised.

Fig. 7 is a similar view showing the position of the parts with the window fully raised.

Fig. S is a section on the line 8 8, Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9 9, Fig. 7.

F 10 is a detail perspective view of the lower end oi' the window.

F 11 is a detail perspective view, partly broken away, showing the chain attaching plate detached.

For convenience, the invention is herein illustrated as applied to a structure of the general character shown and described in Letters Patent No. 1,245,189 above referred to. As in said patent, 1 denotes the window frame having opposite channel guides 2 pivoted at their upper ends to the frame, and 3 the sliding window herein shown as a pane of glass without any Jframe except a bottom beading l having a laterally odset and preferably inclined Aflange or lip 5.

The window frame is divided substan tia-ily centrally by a pair of horizontal sill members .7 and 8, said sill members being parallel to one another'and being spaced apart to provide between them a slot or opening through which the window may be raised and lowered, said window during its opening and closing movements, moving across the plane .of said sill members.

Mounted on the inner sill member 8 is a plate 9 carrying a sprocket wheel 10 cooperating with a chain 22 traveling in a channel guide 3() carried by the window frame. The sprocket wheel 10 is operatively connected with an operating handle 1e, whereby said wheel may be rotated by said handle, suitable means (not shown) controlled by the handle being provided for locking the sprocket wheel in any adjusted position except when released by operation of the handle.

The parts thus far referred to, except as hereinafter pointed out, may all be substantially similar to the corresponding parts more fully shown and described in my prior patent above referred to, and to which reference may be had for a more complete explanation of the construction and. operation of the parts in question.

One end of the chain is secured to a spring controlled drum, indicated by dotted lines only in a casing 24 which is secured to plate 9. The other end of the chain carries a plate Li() having extending therefrom a pin 33 engaging a slot 32 in a plate 31 which is detachably secured to the bottom beading i of the window.

As a convenient means of disconnecting the window from the chain by simply removing sill member 3 and without interfering in any way with the upholstery or woodwork, l provide the bottom beading l witlrhcaded pins 34; which are adapted to engage bayonet slots 35 in plate 31. ln the present instance l have shown pins 34 as extending from a plate 36 which is itself riveted to the beading. is a means of locking plate 31 to the window, I provide a hooked pivoted latch 37 on plate 31 which is adapted to engage a pin 52 extending from said plate and retain one of the pins 34: in the horizontal portion of the corresponding bayonet slot, as clearly indicated by full and dotted lines in Fig. 11. The pin 33, which is carried by plate 4() on the chain and engages slot 32 in plate 31, is provided with a head 38. A coil spring 39 surrounding the pin bears against the head and against plate 31, the purpose of which will presently be explained.

As a means of producing a weather tight joint between the window and the outer sill member, l provide the inner face of sill member 7 with a strip 50 of resilient pacling material, preferably rubber, which lies .adjacent the window. rlhe adjacent face of inner sill member 8 is formed with an inclined surface 51 which is adapted, as the window approaches the limit of its upward movement, to be engaged by theinclined flange or-lip 5 at the bottom of the window in such a manner as to cause the window, during the last portion of its upward movement, to be forced into close engagement with the packing strip, compressing the latter between the window and outer sill member 7, as shown in Fig. 9, thus forming a weather tight joint between the window and the sill member. The function of spring 39 is to hold plate 40 in close engagement with plate 31 and effectually prevent rattling,

while at the same time the spring will yield to permit the necessary lateral movement of the window when lip 5 on the window comes into engagement with incline 51. When the window is at any position except at or near the fully closed position, pin 33 will be at the right end of slot 32, as seen in Fig. 6. As the window approaches the fully closed position, however, the pin will pass toward the left end of the slot and the engagement of the pin with the left end of the slot will limit the upward movement of the window, this position of the pin being shown in Fig. 7. Y

From the foregoing it will be seen that the invention provides an exceedingly simple mechanism, of the general character referred to, which will provide a weather tight joint between the window and the sill without interengagement of parts and with.- out reverse movement of the window, and means for readily connecting and disconnecting the window and the chain by simply removing a sill, and without injury to upholstery .or woodwork.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim:

l1. The combination with a sliding window having pins extending therefrom, a lifting chain having a pin extending therefrom, and operating mechanism, of a plate having bayonet slots engaged by the pins extending from .the window, and a slot engaged by the pin extending from the chain'.

2. The combination with a sliding window having pins extending therefrom, a lifting chain having a pin extending therefrom, and operating mechanism, of a plate having bayonet slots engaged by the pins extending from the window, a slot engaged by the pin .extending from the chain, and means for locking the rst mentioned pins in the bayonet slots.

3. The combination with a sliding window having pins extending therefrom, a lifting chain having a pin extending therefrom, and operating mechanism, o-f a plate hav ing .bayonet slots Vengaged bythe pins extending from the Window, a Vpin contiguous to yone of the bayonet slots and a slot engaged bythe-.pin extending from the chain, and a latchpivoted to the plate and engag ing the pin on `the plate, whereby the first niientioned pins are locked in the bayonet s ots.

4. The combination with a sliding Ywindow having pins extending therefrom, a lifting chain having a plate secured thereto and a pin extending therefrom, operating mechanism of a second plate having bayonet slots engaged by the pins extending from the window, and a s lot engaged by the pin extending from the first mentioned plate, and means for locking the pins extending from the window in the bayonet slots.

5. The combination with a sliding window, of a pair of parallel sill members disposed respectively at opposite sides of said window and between which said window is movable from an open to a closed position, one of said sill members having an inclined surface adjacent said window and said window having a projection adapted to engage said inclined surface, and resilient means associated with said Window which is adapted as said window approaches the closed position and said projection engages said inclined surface to allow said window to be forced into close engagement with the other of said sill members.

6. The combination with a sliding window comprising a pane of glass provided at its lower edge with a beading strip having a laterally projecting flange, of a pair of sill members disposed respectively at opposite sides of said window and between which said window is movable from an open to a closed position, one of said sill members having an inclined surface adapted to be engaged by said flange, and resilient means associated with said window which is adapted as said window approaches the closed position and said inclined surface is engaged by said flange to allow said window to be forced laterally into close engagement with the other of said sill members.

7. The combination with a sliding window and a sill member across which said window is movable between an open and a closed position, said sill member having on its face adjacent said window a resilient packing strip, of means including a resilient element operated by the closing movement of said window as 1t approaches the closed position for allowing the same to be forced toward said sill member to compress said packing between said window and sill mem ber.

8. The combination with a sliding window and a pair of parallel sill members disposed respectively at opposite sides of said window and between which said window is movable from an open to a closed position, of cooperating means including a resilient element for allowing said window to be forced into close engagement with one of said sill members as said window approaches the closed position.

9. The combination with a sliding window, a sill member across which the window is movable, an operating chain and a plate carried thereby and having a pin extending therefrom, of a second plate having a slot engaged by said pin, a spring on the pin acting to hold said plates in engagement, and means operated by the window as it approaches the closed position for forcing the window into engagement with the sill member against the power of the Spring.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

LOUIS T. BULLEY. 

